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| Tony purchased his first pair of Vans skateboard sneakers when he was ten years old. [([[https:// | Tony purchased his first pair of Vans skateboard sneakers when he was ten years old. [([[https:// | ||
| + | ===== First Sponsor ===== | ||
| + | Dogtown Skateboards was his first sponsor when he was 12 years old. [([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Young Success ===== | ||
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| + | Tony Hawk began his professional career when he was 14 years old. He was already regarded as the finest skateboarder in the world two years later. [([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Bones Brigade ===== | ||
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| + | He was a founding member of the Bones Brigade, a skating team founded in 1979 by George Powell and Stacy Peralta, along with Steve Caballero, Alan Gelfand, Lance Mountain, Rodney Mullen, Mike McGill, Steve Rocco, and Tommy Guerrero. [([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Cindy Dunbar ===== | ||
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| + | Cindy Dunbar, the Hawk's high school girlfriend, married him in April 1990. [([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Birdhouse ===== | ||
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| + | After nearly declaring bankruptcy, Tony Hawk and Per Welinder founded the skateboard business Birdhouse in 1992. [([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Nickname ===== | ||
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| + | Birdman is Tony Hawk's most well-known nickname. [([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== X Games ===== | ||
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| + | Tony Hawk won two gold medals in the X Games in 1995 and 1997. [([[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== First 900 ===== | ||
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| + | Hawk became the first skateboarder to execute a 900 - two and a half aerial revolutions - at the X Games on July 27, 1999. [([[http:// | ||
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| + | ===== Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ===== | ||
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| + | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (THPS), a multi-platform skating game that would become one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, was released in September 1999. [([[https:// | ||